Weblog: Do the Wages of Sin Apply After Conversion?
Plus: Religious conservatives love Gonzalez as AG, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Catholic Bishops Embrace Ecumenical Group, Reject Bible Measure
Plus: The most inaccurate Christmas song ever, protecting kids from their evil, murderous parents, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: A Third Way with Stem Cells
Plus: Creation vs. evolution, William Tyndale College closes, 10 questions with Billy Graham, World Vision pulls out of Iraq, Christians protest Kinsey film, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

Matters of Opinion: Free Love Didn't Come Cheap
It's hard to share your body when your heart keeps getting in the way.
by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Appropriate Affection
Michael E. Phillips

BEING MORAL ISN'T ALWAYS ENOUGH
What you may do and what you should do are two different things.
Archibald D. Hart

Have I Become Useless?
What does a man my age have to offer the trend-setting generation?
By Ben Patterson

Death Watch
One of the world's earliest Christian cultures totters on the edge of extinction
Thomas C. Oden

Graham Goes Home to Get Ready for Florida
Evangelist plans to continue preaching, but drastically reduce his schedule.
By Jody Veenker

"Weblog: With Gay Bishop Consecration Days Away, D.C. Bishop Vows Same-Sex Blessing Rite"
"Anglican commission named, Gen. Boykin story keeps going, church ad rejected after initial acceptance, and other stories from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: What's the Frequency, Don Wildmon?
Michael W. McConnell lands in the center of the Senate's federal court nomination fight
Todd Hertz

Politics May Splinter NRB
Christian broadcasters may sack incoming president or bolt the organization.
LaTonya Taylor

Pastor Good Sam
Can a purposeful church leader stop long enough to personally help individuals along the road?
by Wayne Jacobsen

Got a Moment, Pastor?
Do you approve the minutes of the meetings God arranges for you?
Gordon MacDonald

How We Tammed the Big List
Are your to do's too long?
Grant McDowell

Baptism + Fire
Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us.
By Mark Galli

Smuggling Cats for a Gay Celebrity
Love took an unusual expression for this man dying of AIDS.
By Jonathan David Taylor

The Visit
An almost clichéd form of Christian service to the elderly remains one of the most vital.
By Virginia Stem Owens

Until I See His Face
Louise Walker

Weblog: Supreme Court Turns Down Boy Scouts Case
Plus: Concerned Women for America loses another leader, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Federal Marriage Amendment Reworded to Allow Civil Unions
Plus: Time profiles Rick Warren, Christian Coalition reportedly not paying its bills, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: The End of Traditional Marriage?
Religious activists say Massachusetts decision is monumental—and may be cause for revolt
Ted Olsen

The Soul of Sex
Do we need Christian sex manuals?
Bethany Torode

Praying for Terrorists
Christians seek healing in Beslan.
By Dawn Herzog Jewell

The Man Behind the Marriage Amendment
It's just as well that Matt Daniels loves a good fight, because he has a big one on his hands.
By Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Briefs: North America

Babywise Controversy: Babywise Almost Dropped
Author Ezzo nearly loses book contract in ongoing dispute
Corrie Cutrer

Babywise Controversy: Babywise Almost Dropped
Author Ezzo nearly loses book contract in ongoing dispute
Corrie Cutrer

The Longest Saturday
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Evelyn Bence

This Poor Gray Ember of Creation
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead is a novel to savor
Thomas Gardner

Faith, Fear, War, Peace
Snapshots of the grim and 'happy' ministry of today's military chaplains.
By Deann Alford

Best Christian Places to Work: What Burnout?
The Coalition for Christian Outreach takes seriously its responsibility to care for employees
Helen Lee

Noble Masculinity
An Interview with Robert Lewis

Reclaiming the Urban Family
by Willie Richardson

Church Militant
'Mayday for Marriage' rally organizer says stakes are high.
By Bob Smietana

Weblog: Norway Aflutter Over Soccer Prayers
Plus: Focus on the Family's Candidate endorsement, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Theology of the Body
Pope John Paul II on the biblical foundations of marriage and sexuality.
By Laura Merzig Fabrycky

Going Native
Settling for my way tempts pomos, boomers, in fact, every age group. And it's deadly.
Alex McManus

Connecting the Generations
by Drew Zahn

Rubbing Out the Singles Pastor
by Chris Seay

Fish Tales
The Catch tells fishing stories that connect three generations.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Have I Become Useless?
What does a man my age have to offer the trend-setting generation?
By Ben Patterson

Gen-X Senior Pastors Double
And they're doing ministry differently than Boomer predecessors.

Letters

On the Record: Gary Ezzo
The controversial creator of Babywise speaks to Christianity Today.
Timothy Morgan

In Search of the Good Marriage
It's not just couple-centered.
By Lauren F. Winner

Being Here
Why we should sink our roots in the places we call home
Charles Colson with Anne Morse

Being Here
Why we should sink our roots in the places we call home
Charles Colson with Anne Morse

Good Boundaries Make Good Christians
The difference between welcome and inclusion
Good Fences, reviewed by David Neff

Meeting Professor Tolkien
An American professor spent a summer with Tolkien. He remembers the man, his faith, and his writings.
Clyde S. Kilby

Currents That Shape Your Soul

A Decisive Turn to Paganism
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?
By Harold O.J. Brown

The Pursuing Father
What we need to know about this often misunderstood Middle Eastern parable.
Kenneth E. Bailey

Giving: Inheritance Windfall May Bypass Churches
by Keith Hinson

This Poor Gray Ember of Creation
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead is a novel to savor
Thomas Gardner

Baptism + Fire
Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us.
By Mark Galli

From Ewww ... to Wow!
What a big difference a small spider made.
By Bethany Torode

The Top Ten Books of 2004
And a warning about the risks of reading.
By John Wilson

Discerning Divine Speech
The God Who Speaks teaches readers to listen.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Calvin Prof Arrested on Cocaine Charges
"While an English vicar breaks the record for longest sermon, parishioners elsewhere get in trouble for not listening"
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Promise Keepers Coach Has a New Team, Aiming to Unite Christians and Messianic Jews
Plus: Jewish groups vs. the Presbyterian Church (USA), designer babies in the U.K., China reportedly detains 100 Christian leaders, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

News Wraps
"Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world."

Life after 'Mac'
"Promise Keepers names new leader, looks ahead"
Stan Guthrie

The Longest Saturday
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Evelyn Bence

Roads to Recovery
Following God On Broken Legs
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Limit Conditions
How to portray the Holocaust on stage and film.
By Jan Lüder Hagens

More Internet Ideas that Work
How are you connecting with your church and community in cyberspace?

Noble Masculinity
An Interview with Robert Lewis

Reaching the Disconnected Male
Patrick Morley

Where Babies come from
Agnes Howard

Beyond the Summit

TO VERIFY …

Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
By Jemila Monroe

Until I See His Face
Louise Walker

NEWS: Should Expectant Mothers Be Tested for HIV?
Experts debate how to reduce AIDS in newborns.
Thomas S. Giles

Post-Election Faith at Work
The next four years will not be a cake-walk for the pro-life, pro-family cause.
By David Neff

Election Day Jitters
Low voter turnout may hinder profamily agenda
Mark Stricherz

Daring to Discipline America
James Dobson's influence, already huge, is growing. Can he keep his focus?
Wendy Murray Zoba

Church Militant
'Mayday for Marriage' rally organizer says stakes are high.
By Bob Smietana

Screwtape Proposes a Divorce
The pitfalls of Great Expectations.
By Eric Metaxas

News Wraps
"Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world."

SWF Seeks Marriage Partner
I've got it all. So why do I want a husband?
Sarah E. Hinlicky

What Pastor's Wives Wish Their Churches Knew Part 1
There is more to who I am than that smiling face next to my husband.
by Wendy Murray Zoba

What Pastor's Wives Wish Their Churches Knew Part 2
by Wendy Murray Zoba

Would a Christian Bachelorette Be Different?
A panel of Christian singles discusses the proliferation of reality dating shows and the turn from seeking one-night stands to seeking spouses

Single…with Children
by Barbara Schiller

Lord of the Ring-less
by Chris Seay, Kimberly Hartke, Harold Ivan Smith

Single…with Children
by Barbara Schiller

Lord of the Ring-less
by Chris Seay, Kimberly Hartke, Harold Ivan Smith

Rubbing Out the Singles Pastor
by Chris Seay

Suburban Spirituality
"The land of SUVs and soccer leagues tends to weather the soul in peculiar ways, but it doesn't have to"
David Goetz

Religion in the 'Burbs
"An interview with R. Stephen Warner, sociologist of religion at University of Illinois at Chicago"
Agnieszka Tennant

Weblog: O Reinhold, Where Art Thou?
Franklin Graham says Muslims should compensate 9/11 victims' families, and other stories from online sources around the world
Ted Olsen

The More Things Change …
Historical perspectives on worship.
Mary Noll Venables

The Doctrine Doctor
Jaroslav Pelikan has written a history of the Christian tradition on a scale no one else has attempted in the twentieth century.
by Mark A. Noll

Sanctifying Sin
Statement affirming homosexual unions roils Anglicans.
By Debra Fieguth in St. Catharines

Grace's Third Way
Andy Crouch

Wooing the Faithful
President Bush needs evangelicals more than ever, but it's unclear how badly they want him for another four years.
By Tony Carnes

Court Guts Porn Law
Activists promote other methods
By Ken Walker